DUBLIN and BOSTON, May 4,
2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE:
FLTX), a leading global provider of mobile workforce solutions for
service-based businesses of all sizes delivered as
software-as-a-service (SaaS), today announced that An Post,
Ireland's National Postal Service,
selected the Company as their trusted fleet management provider
following a public tender process.
The agreement supports over 900 An
Post vehicles across Ireland for a four-year term.
The vehicles will be installed with Fleetmatics REVEAL+, which
is a powerful yet simple-to-use fleet management solution designed
to drive cost savings and improve efficiency. The solution enables
enterprise customers with larger fleets, such as An Post, to manage
complex organisational structures and large numbers of users, as
well as to deliver actionable executive level business intelligence
across the entire organisation.
"An Post operates one of the largest fleets in Ireland, providing postal services across the
country every day, so we really needed a solution that was scalable
and efficient," said Paula Butler,
Head of Procurement at An Post. "The powerful combination of
Fleetmatics' solutions –REVEAL+ and Fuel Card integration – helps
us stay connected to our drivers in real-time, comply with
important regulatory requirements and meet our customers' needs
with speed and accuracy."
"This partnership is especially meaningful given that
Fleetmatics has been an Irish company from day one, and we employ
hundreds of the country's best and brightest," said Jill Ward, President and Chief Operating Officer
of Fleetmatics. "This is our largest contract to date in
Ireland, and we're honored that An
Post will deploy our cloud-based software to help improve
efficiency, drive down costs and improve customer care throughout
the organisation."
An Post is a major commercial organization providing a wide
range of services which encompass postal, communication, retail and
financial services. It is one of Ireland's largest companies directly employing
over 9,000 people through its national network of retail,
processing and delivery points. An Post processes and
delivers more than 2.5 million items of mail to more than 2 million
addresses using a road fleet of over 2,700 vehicles.
About Fleetmatics Group PLC
Fleetmatics Group PLC (NYSE: FLTX) is a leading global provider of
mobile workforce solutions for service-based businesses of all
sizes delivered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Our solutions
enable businesses to meet the challenges associated with managing
local fleets, and improve the productivity of their mobile
workforces, by extracting actionable business intelligence from
real-time and historical vehicle and driver behavioral data.
Fleetmatics Group's intuitive, cost-effective Web-based
solutions provide fleet operators with visibility into vehicle
location, fuel usage, speed and mileage, and other insights into
their mobile workforce, enabling them to reduce operating and
capital costs, as well as increase revenue. An integrated,
full-featured mobile workforce management product provides
additional efficiencies related to job management by empowering the
field worker and speeding the job completion process – quote
through payment. As of March 31,
2016, Fleetmatics served approximately 37,000 customers and
approximately 737,000 subscribed vehicles worldwide. To learn more
about Fleetmatics, visit www.fleetmatics.com.
Media Contact:
Juli Burda
Fleetmatics
juli.burda@fleetmatics.com
(847) 378-4398
Anna McHugh
Head of Corporate Communications
An Post
Tel: (01) 705 8832 Mobile: 086 2530697
www.anpost.ie t: @postvox.ie
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